Accesss Sport - transforming lives through sport

Access Sport began it’s first club partnership in 2005. By January 2007 Access Sport had 31 clubs and had attracted 650 new young participants and by the end of 2009 we had achieved:

• 115 partner clubs across 21 sports
• 16,000 children with improved access to sport
  • 3,300 new children participating regularly at clubs
  • 7,000 children at SportsJAMs
  • 5,340 children already at clubs improved by Access Sport
• 1,000 at new club-school sessions
• 20,000 people attending 7 SportsJAMs
• 400 new coaching qualifications paid for
• 150,000 people with raised awareness of local sports opportunities

Our current Legacy Programme aims to have achieved the following by 2013:

• Provision of a tangible, lasting legacy in the Olympic Host Boroughs of East London (Hackney, Newham, Tower Hamlets, Waltham Forest, Greenwich) and Bristol.
• Development of 75 clubs
  • 50 London clubs
  • 25 Bristol Clubs
• 9,000 new young people engaged in regular sports club participation
• 450 newly qualified coaches
• 450 new club volunteers
• Increased youth development opportunities through our Youth Development Legacy Project
• Increased disability provision at our clubs through our Disability Legacy Project
• Delivery of 5 new BMX tracks and clubs in each of the Olympic boroughs through our BMX Legacy Project
• Increased regular female sports participation through our Active Women project

We  are predominantly funded by our own fundraising efforts and not through tax payer’s money. Click here to see what people have to say about Access Sport and you can also see some of our case studies.

“The community clubs teach the children that it’s not just about the winning, it is also about team work and working hard towards something worthwhile. Being involved with my own clubs, I can speak from personal experience how important the help community clubs receive can be.”

Rachel Yankey, England & Arsenal Ladies footballer.